Tue 16 February 2021: The World Trade Organization’s (WTO) incoming chief has warned against “vaccine nationalism” that would slow progress in ending the COVID-19 pandemic and could erode economic growth for all countries – rich and poor. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala told the Reuters news agency that her top priority is to ensure the WTO does more […]
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Mon 15 February 2021: Pfizer-BioNTech’s COVID-19 vaccine appears to reduce symptomatic coronavirus infections by more than 90 per cent in the real world, according to Israeli researchers. According to CNN, the preliminary findings published on Monday suggest that the vaccine remains remarkably effective in a mass vaccination campaign — outside the carefully controlled conditions of […]
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Mon 15 February 2021: People under the age of 20 are about half as likely to be infected with COVID-19 as adults, and they are also less likely to transmit the disease to others, according to a new modelling study. Previous studies have found differences in symptoms and the clinical course of COVID-19 in children […]
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Mon 15 February 2021: More than 15 million people in the UK have now had their first coronavirus vaccine, in what Boris Johnson described as a “significant milestone”. “Today we have reached a significant milestone in the United Kingdom’s national vaccination programme. This country has achieved an extraordinary feat – administering a total of 15 […]
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Mon 15 February 2021: Home Affairs Minister, Dr Aaron Motsoaledi, has appealed to travelers to ensure that they have all the requisite travel documents, including valid COVID-19 tests, when they present themselves to officials at the country’s borders. “Truck drivers should adhere to laws, regulations and agreements in place in the border area. This will […]
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Sun 14 February 2021: Investigators from the World Health Organisation (WHO) looking into the origins of coronavirus in China have discovered that signs of the outbreak were much wider in Wuhan in December 2019 than previously thought, CNN reported. The investigators are urgently seeking access to hundreds and thousands of blood samples from the city […]
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Sun 14 February 2021: In order to provide the best protection against COVID-19, the fit of a face mask is more important in some cases than the material it is made of, according to a study which suggests new ways for manufacturers to test the effectiveness of masks. While studies over the course of the […]
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Sun 14 February 2021: The United States damaged multilateral cooperation and the World Health Organization in recent years, and should not be “pointing fingers” at China and other countries that supported the WHO during the COVID-19 pandemic, the Chinese Embassy said on Saturday. A spokesperson for the embassy, responding to a statement from U.S. national […]
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Sun 14 February 2021: Efforts to contain the spread of coronavirus and preempt its fourth wave in Iran have been dampened by a surge in new infections in some provinces and alarming spread of the UK variant of the virus. According to officials, the sharp spike in new cases and fatalities in western provinces, bordering […]
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Sun 14 February 2021: British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has said he is “optimistic” about the prospects of easing the lockdown despite warnings from scientists that any premature measures would result in a surge of coronavirus cases and deaths. In a visit to the Fujifilm Diosynth Biotechnologies plant in northeastern England on Saturday, Johnson said […]
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